Marana Airport Skyhawks
Numerous A-4s, stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ, and at the Avra Valley (Marana) Airport just north of Tucson.
In the last few weeks a large number (12 to 14) of A-4's began showing up at the Avra Valley
Airport (Marana Airport).
Pete Kate
24-FEB-04
Well I talked to Bill Muszala at ATW Aviation about those Skyhawks. They are going to restore them!
Bill evidently owns one already.
Joe Turpen
16-MAR-04
I will take some photos and send them to you. I live nearby.
Michael Blackstock
29-MAR-04
Those aircraft originally left AMARC back in 1983. They were supposed to be for the Malaysian Air Force but
got no further than the Aircraft Restoration and Marketing yard next to the
base in Tucson. They were allocated civil registration numbers enclosed in a
fenced compound and that is as far as they got for 21 years.
They were caught up in a failed deal and legal problems but it appears that
all has been resolved now.
Chris
Below is a listing of said aircraft, as known from reports.
- A-4C, 145064
- A-4L, 145076
- BuNo.147669: A-4L-LLC, Group purchased
- A-4L, 147671 -- Purchased by A-4L-LLC, Group Greg Shepherd; disassembled, without engine, gear, and flaps.
- A-4C, 147679 - A-4L-LLC, Group purchased for restoration
- A-4C, 147696 -- Purchased by Greg Shepherd.
- 147754: A-4L purchased by Southwest Florida Defense Antiquities Museum Inc.
- A-4L, 147793 -- Purchased by Greg Shephard. Restoration to flight status planned.
- A-4L, 148307 A-4L-LLC, Group purchased
- A-4L, 148316 A-4L-LLC, Group purchased
- A-4L, 148446 A-4L-LLC, Group purchased
- A-4C, 148502 A-4L-LLC, Group purchased
- A-4C, 148509 -- A-4L-LLC, Group purchased Greg Shepherd.
- A-4C, 148540 A-4L-LLC, Group purchased
- A-4C, 148573 Not an Lima, maybe 149573 or maybe a Charlie. A-4L-LLC, Group purchased
- A-4C, 148597 -- A-4L-LLC, Group purchased Purchased by Greg Shepherd.
- A-4L, 148602 A-4L-LLC, Group purchased
- A-4L, 149500 -- Purchased by Greg Shephard. Restoration to flight status planned.
- A-4L, 149502 A-4L-LLC, Group purchased
- A-4C, 149550 -- Purchased by David Miles of United Kingdom
- A-4L, 149555 -- Purchased by Greg Shephard. Restoration to flight status planned.
- A-4C, 149575 -- Purchased by Greg Shepherd. Complete except for engine. Conversion to TA-4 with J65-P408 engine being considered.
- A-4C, 149581 -- Purchased by J.P. Parizon of France
- A-4L, 149591 - A-4L-LLC, Group purchased for restoration
- A-4L, 149595 -- Purchased by Greg Shepherd.
- A-4C, 149620 -- Purchased by Bob Hoff, Aero Mark, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (see below).
- A-4C, 149636 -- Restored, currently (?) at Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA (?).
- A-4C, 150581
- 149540??
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